Meeting of Minds - Mutuality in Psychoanalysis

In this richly nuanced assessment of the various dimensions of mutuality in psychoanalysis, Aron shows that the relational approach to psychoanalysis is a powerful guide to issues of technique and therapeutic strategy. From his reappraisal of the concepts of interaction and enactment, to his examination of the issue of analyst self-disclosure, to his concluding remarks on the relational import of the analyst's ethics and values, Aron squarely accepts the clinical responsibilities attendant to a postmodern critique of psychoanalytic foundations.

List of contents

The Relational Orientation: An Introduction. Relational Theory and Its Boundaries: One- and Two-Person Psychologies. The Patient's Experience of the Analyst's Subjectivity. Interpretation as Expression of the Analyst's Subjectivity. Aspects of Mutuality in Clinical Psychoanalysis. The Dialectics of Mutuality and Autonomy: The Origins of Relational Theory in the Contributions of Sandor Ferenczi and Otto Rank. Enactment, Interaction, and Projective Identification: The Interpersonalization of Psychoanalysis. On Knowing and Being Known: Theoretical and Technical Considerations Regarding Self-Disclosure.

About the author

Lewis Aron

Summary

In this richly nuanced assessment of the various dimensions of mutuality in psychoanalysis, Aron shows that the relational approach to psychoanalysis is a powerful guide to issues of technique and therapeutic strategy. From his reappraisal of the concept

Product details

• Authors: Lewis Aron, Lewis (New York University Postdoctoral Prog Aron, Aron Lewis
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.12.2015
• EAN: 9781138138605
• ISBN: 978-1-138-13860-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Relational Perspectives Book Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)